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...Miko Matsumura, CEO and co-founder of Kalepa Networks, a six-month-old start-up that plans to link P2P networks into a sort of alternative Internet. "In this new topology, everyone brings their own resources. The new network will be built on top of the old network. Like Rome was built in different layers...
...story hangs on the testimony of an interested party. But according to Father Gabriele Amorth, exorcist for the Diocese of Rome, the heir to the throne of St. Peter recently spent half an hour struggling--literally--with a demon from hell. Pope John Paul II was conducting his regular Wednesday audience on Sept. 6 when there was reportedly a disturbance in the front row. A 19-year-old woman began screaming insults in what Italian newspapers called "a cavernous voice." Struggling with guards, she displayed "a superhuman strength." The frail Pontiff did not hesitate. After the apparent demoniac was hurried...
...Rite of Exorcism. It eliminated physical descriptions of Satan and such honorifics as the "Father of Lies," but it also vigorously affirmed the church's power to banish him using God's name, holy water, the sign of the cross and readings from Scripture. An exorcists' convention in Rome in July attracted 230 participants; LeBar says at least 18 specifically delegated priests now work...
...winning five gold medals. Every Olympic event has its sad moments when an athlete fails to live up to expectations. The pressure on everyone is enormous. I hope she has the kind of success experienced 40 years ago by sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who won three gold medals in Rome. Rudolph was the model of grace and humility, two qualities all Olympic athletes today might emulate. PAUL L. WHITELEY SR. Louisville...
...daring. The greatest victories go to those who diagnose brilliantly, who are undaunted by the most intimidating confrontations with disease, so long as there is a possibility of cure or at least improvement. These are the biomedical gladiators, and their arena is the hospital. Unlike the gladiators of ancient Rome, they always win. Well, almost always--and only for a while...